His physicality with Anna Farris sort of ruins the humor

Almost every interaction with her; like every single time he tried to force her to go with his brother. Just off the top of my head, I'm thinking specifically of a couple scenes where he's trying to get her to go in the car. I just couldn't laugh at those parts even though they tried to play them comically.

I don't think I excused her behavior anywhere in my post. My point is simple. Some things you can laugh it, for me, I can't laugh at someone who is so obviously physically weaker, being dragged around forcibly, and yanked this way and that. In the context of historical domestic violence against women, it's hard for me to find humor in situations like that.

Yeah I agree with you GoodRed (as I am a woman). I don't see any physical harm Anna Faris went through in this movie by Ryan Reynolds. She was the one that physically assaulted him.

lol very true